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Our all natural craft beer has no added sugars or nasties. And with our new Kunekune range of cider, and our West Coast Ginger Beer, we really do have something for everyone. Grab some for yourself here.

Thirsty from all of this reading? Stop by our online store, and create your own custom selection of our quality craft beer, cider and ginger beer.

About West Coast Brewery

The beauty of the South Island of New Zealand is world renowned, and it’s on the West Coast of the South Island that we are lucky enough to call home. Westport, to be precise. A town once upon a time built on a boom in mining, Westport is forging a new reputation for itself as a destination lifestyle town.

"Our focus is on producing high quality all natural craft beer, cider, and ginger beer for you to enjoy any time"

Whilst the current West Coast Brewery has been operating since the 1990's, our site first operated as a brewery in the 1950's, then known as 'The Miners Brewery'.

Westport is an understated place of hidden beauty, a paradise of native flora and fauna, hills, coastline, and history. It's a no fuss, easy going place to call home. True to that local vibe, West Coast Brewery creates a range of all natural, high quality products.

Our beer is brewed naturally, over a longer period of time, allowing the flavours and body of the beer to develop fully.

For cider lovers, the recent addition of the Kunekune Cider range is bound to appeal. And for those keen to re-live their childhoods, West Coast Ginger Beer will bring memories flooding back.

West Coast Brewery is run by a small team of staffers, and our directors, with the valued input of our shareholders.

We welcome all enquiries, and would love to hear from you. Click on Contact Us above, to get in touch.

Meet Our Team

Our products are big in flavour, but our team is small in size. Meet some of the key members of West Coast Brewery.

Graeme Bratty

Director

Graeme is an accountant by trade, and has experience ranging from Public Service to the Commercial Sector. He has a strong affection for the West Coast, as well as craft beer, meat products and cheese.

Grant Burnett

Chief Operating Officer

Grant brings strategic management and project coordination skills and the ability to work with a broad range of people across multiple sectors. Grant is also a Board member of the Mesh Sculpture Trust Hamilton.

Marc Gardiner

Beer Brewer

Hailing from south east of England Marc enjoys the West Coast life style along with the occasional drop of good beer. It just so happens that Marc is the lead brewer in our beer brewing process.

JASON TRIGG

Cider Brewer

Key to cider production at West Coast Brewery, Jason is originally from Alaska and aside from brewing, enjoys hunting/fishing and enjoying the outdoors of the stunning West Coast.

Got questions? Get in touch with us. We'd love to chat.

Brewery Blog

From time to time, we'll add content here for you to have a read of. Of course, if you have something you'd like to see written about here, we'd love to hear from you. Got an original article you'd like to contribute? Click on Contact Us above to get in touch with us. In the meantime, open a West Coast Brewery Beer, and sit back for a relaxing read.

Big work has gone into some bigger changes here at West Coast Brewery, and we think you will agree – it’s all been well worth it. Having been in the brewing business for many years, and not having had a brand refresh during that time, we decided that we needed to take the bull by Read more about Things have changed around here[…]

Kunekune Classic Apple Cider is our Made for Export Cider, which suits the origins of the apple into England where Cider began its life Found amongst the forests of Kazakhstan, apple trees grew in abundance. It was the original variant of the crisp, sweet fruit we know today. At some point in time these apple trees Read more about The Apple of Our Eye[…]

Was Ginger Beer making part of your Childhood? Hands up – were you one of those kids who with great care, fed their ginger bug in eager anticipation of turning it into ginger beer? It was such a Kiwi activity to partake in, and one that brings back a lot of memories for most of Read more about West Coast Gingernut Cake Recipe – You’re Welcome […]